I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading.
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi… - David Starkey
I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness I mi…
- David Starkey
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t… - David Starkey
I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for t…
My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that… - David Starkey
My biggest poetic influences are probably 20th-century British and Irish poets. So I suppose I'm always listening for the music I associate with that…
I do think poetry needs to invite the reader, especially when there are so many other distractions while reading. - David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th… - David Starkey
Compare the scale and magnifcence of Versailles with St James's - the brick-built hovel in which the 18th-century kings of England lived. What was th…
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th… - David Starkey
In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had before. You took the fact th…
Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one curre… - David Starkey
Out of the chaos of post-Roman Dark Age Britain, the English had created the world's first nation-state: One king, one country, one church, one curre…
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i… - David Starkey
Once a piece of writing gets to a moment where it's not going to get much better than it already is, marinate it. If you still like the piece, send i…
If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading. - David Starkey
If you really want people to pay attention to how you feel, you need to express your feelings in language that's worth reading.
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